We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run...
What did the Messiah need to do in order to be the Lamb of God, in order to make an atonement for the people of Israel? We know that Jesus came to die for our sins, but why did He not simply come down...
What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God? Every Christian should have a passion to please God. We are to delight in honoring Him. It shoul...
What would induce God to change His mind? Perhaps new information, some knowledge He lacks until we communicate it to Him for His consideration. However, the Bible tells us that when we come to our Ki...
When Luther boldly declared the biblical doctrine of jus.ifrcation by faith alone, he said, Justification is by faith alone, but not by a faith that is alone.
When the Jews wanted to make something emphatic, instead of adding an exclamation point or using italics, they would simply repeat it.
When we look at the Trinitarian work of redemption, we make a distinction between its design and its accomplishment. Our redemption is designed and mandated by the Father (in conjunction with the othe...
When we pray, we must remember who God is and who we are before Him. We must remember first and foremost that God's name is to be kept holy. We must rememberthat He is the Source of our provision and...
Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? (Rom. 8:33-34a).
You are responsible to believe and to teach what the Bible teaches, not what you would like for it to teach.
Conducted by the Draft Committee. The present text makes clear exactly what the Council affirmed and denied. Obviously, those who signed the articles do not necessarily concur in every interpretation...
Cuando Dios ordena algo, su propósito es totalmente bueno.
Depends, said the cat, fixing a sardonic smile on the confused girl.On what? Alice managed to reply.It depends on your destination. Where are you going? the cat asked.I don't know, Alice stammered.The...
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Found a liberal Jesus; the existentialists found an existential hero; and the Marxists discovered a political revolutionary. Idealists found an idealistic Jesus and pragmatists discovered a pragmatic...
If God’s sovereignty is limited one ounce by our freedom, He is not sovereign. What kind of a concept of God do we have that we would say that God is paralyzed by human choices? If His freedom is limi...
In order to be able to count earthly sorrows and afflictions as matters of joy, we have to cultivate the ability to think in terms of the future.
Of the doctrine of biblical inerrancy as an essential element for the authority of the church.
The biblical King both reigns and rules. And He carries out His rule not by referendum but by His personal sovereignty. AN
Three stanzas says the same thing: May the Lord bless; may the Lord make His face shine; may the Lord lift up His countenance upon you. The Israelite understood blessedness concretely: to be blessed w...
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